Vietnam: Handling cases of motor vehicles with VIN or engine number erroneously stamped, erased, modified or re-stamped

14:50, 25/10/2014

Recently, the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam has issued Circular No. 54/2014/TT-BGTVT amending, supplementing some articles of the Circular No. 30/2011/TT-BGTVT of the Minister of Transport stipulating the inspection of technical safety, quality and environmental protection in manufacturing and assembling motor vehicles.

Xử phạt xe cơ giới có số VIN, số động cơ bị đóng, sửa lại, Thông tư 54/2014/TT-BGTVT

According to Clause 10 Article 1 of Circular No. 54/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, during the inspection and certification, in case the automobiles manufactured, assembled from spare-parts of domestic VINs or engine numbers which are detected as being erroneously stamped, erased, modified and re-stamped, the quality management agency shall proceed:

- Withholding procedures of inspecting, certifying manufactured, assembled motor vehicles;

- Establishing a written record of the current status of the frame numbers and engine numbers;

- Within a period of no later than 03 working days since the day of being concluded as a violation, the quality management agency shall be responsible for issuing a written notification to the workshop asking for the remedy of its faults or recall of the defective products, and at the same time using the way of quality supervision and inspection as mentioned in the regulations in Point a, Clause 3, Article 10 hereof with respect to any workshop which produces defective products and suspending validity of the Certificate granted for that product type in accordance with the regulations in Paragraph 4, Article 11 hereof.

View details at Circular No. 54/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from December 15, 2014.

Thuy Tram

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